Endorsements

The layout of the book is helpful with the usual table of contents,lists of tables and figures, a list of abbreviations and a glossary (although a relatively short list to explain terms some readers may not be familiar with). The text is easily readable, although I suspect most readers would use the book for reference, rather than read it in its entirety like a novel. As such, it is a useful, up-to-date reference about Australian agriculture. I think the author achieved his worthy objective of providing a commentary on Australia’s agricultural development that will help developing countries learn from Australia’s experience. Although farming practices in developing countries are vastly different to those in Australia, I agree that there are many valuable lessons to be learned by those countries from our experience. – Malcolm Wegener, University of Queensland, Australia in The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics